Fighting the blues? Need to lose about 20lbs and get in shape to help the happy come back?

Hi, I am looking for a few people in a similar situation who might be interested in some mutual motivation. I have a tendency to binge eat and not exercise when things get rough or I feel blue. So, I am hoping to find a few others who struggle with emotional eating and lethargy, and want some support. If this sounds like you, here's more about my situation:

When I finally left my lame boyfriend and moved to a new city I started doing Hot Power Yoga and walked everywhere, and at 38-40 I never felt better. I got back to my high school weight but was much stronger, I even stage-dived at DRI. Unfortunately, over the past couple of years I have been geographically and financially challenged, making for a nice dose of depression intensified by the fact that the yoga I like hasn't been available and everything has been just far away enough that I have to drive nearly everywhere. So, getting the kind of exercise I like has been nearly impossible and my motivation is in the dumps to boot. I can drive to walk in the barren desert, but it is quite uninspiring for this west coast girl who misses water and the color green more than one could imagine possible--yes, the sky here is pretty, the only thing with any color, but I can't look up all the time, I would likely slip on a trail of dusty rocks and empale myself on a cactus.

Additionally, the place I live is entirely set up for retired grandparents with money to burn on second homes and turquoise jewelry (made by oppressed and exploited Native Americans) and who like folksy, bluegrass music--not child-free, single, rock show loving, underpaid, academics (like myself) who need to do things after 6PM and actually like to sweat when they do yoga. Needless to say, I live where I do for a corporate job that is miserable (seriously, these people are nasty, for-profit education was invented by the soulless creepers from your baby's nightmares--DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILD TO A FOR-PROFIT--if their grades aren't up to par send them to community college and then have them transfer to state, I can't warn strongly enough about this).

So, sad, sad, boohoo. I need to get out of here. I know the first step in getting where I want to be is feeling the best I can. That brings me here, where I hope to push myself to get back in shape and get my happy up so it is easier for me to move forward and move on. Anyone in a similar type situation? Likely not exactly the same, but sort of--a frustrated professional fighting the blues with mac and cheese, and serial television? I know there are tons of moms and pops out there who are struggling with managing kids and time and work, but I am just not in that same spot. I get your struggles, and I feel for you, I really do. However, I would love to have a group of people on here who are more similar to me--feeling stuck, bucking up against the sad, and don't have much of a support system where they are at.

-AB